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The Who's Who of Zen BuddhismWed, 31 Jan 2018 21:19:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.10Daisetsu Shoenhttp://sweepingzen.com/daisetsu-shoen/
http://sweepingzen.com/daisetsu-shoen/#respondWed, 23 Dec 2009 15:14:30 +0000http://touchpointe.net/sweepingzen/?p=1218Daisetsu Shoen (1797—1855), nicknamed “the devil” or “the demon,” was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master and abbot of Shokoku-ji in Kyoto, Japan. Daisetsu Shoen was first introduced to most Western readers in Heinrich Dumoulin‘s masterwork Zen Buddhism: A History. Daisetsu was known as a rigorous master, resulting in more than a few of his novices ...